- Maintain materials to support 100% on-time delivery and cost goals for assigned value stream(s). This includes inventory management for spikes-in-demand, obsolesence, and prevention of excess inventory.
- Run MRP and place orders for raw materials and components with established suppliers.
- Negotiate with suppliers for expedites, MOQ pricing, quality issues, past due shipments, and stock-outs. Ability to escalate to Commodity Manager for escalation resolution
- Maintain the order replenishment system for fabricated parts, purchase parts, and stock parts.
- Manage the implementation of prototypes, new listings, and modified components as driven by ECOs and engineering orders.
- Work with commodity Managers to understand the commodity strategies to insure on time supplier deliveries
- Identify, negotiate, and bring to resolution any demand/supply imbalances in both volume and mix.
- Monitor forecast consumption and the proper use of Available to Promise.
- Liaison daily with Value Stream Manager to insure sales demands are well understood.
- Manage inventory to improve turns and decrease dollar value (finished goods & point-of-use)
- Manage smaller sourcing projects (RFQ, tool transfers, and analytics) for sourcing decisions.
- Bachelors degree required. Technical or B.S. degree in engineering, mathematics, or supply chain is a plus
- Ability to manipulate and process data in databases and Excel.
- 3-5 years of related buying or materials experience.
- Experience with kanban replenishment systems.
- Experience with ERP / MRP software. Demonstrated knowledge of JD Edwards preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of MRP and Bill of Material maintenance.
- APICS or related materials certification is a plus.
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Description
If you're looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you've found it. Whether you're an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses ) around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.
Perform and manage the buying functions for assigned commodities. Duties include responsibility for material replenishment processes, inventory management to support 100% on-time delivery goals and cost goals.
Assure that materials are available to meet the needs of customers based on MRP in a cost effective fashion within the volumes specified by the SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) process.
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IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).
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Job Family: Operations
Business Unit: Gast
